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. >>> coming up, mitt romney spoke to the hispanic chamber of commerce and asked them for their vote. he did not repeat the joke that he made at a private fundraiser about latino voters. >>> the exclusive interview of the "news week" story that seeks to explain why the protests have erupted around our embassies. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health. that's one a day men's 50+ healthy advantage. oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer
. >>> coming up, mitt romney spoke to the hispanic chamber of commerce and asked them for their vote. he did not repeat the joke that he made at a private fundraiser about latino voters. >>> the exclusive interview of the "news week" story that seeks to explain why the protests have erupted around our embassies. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete...
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. >> commerce? commerce. and let's see -- >> rick perry was a serious contender until this debate. >> oops. >> forgetting is bad, and looking bad is bad. in the very first tv debate, richard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon later said -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers. >> do you remember how high the podiums would be? >> days. >> we had days negotiating. >> the color of the room. >> what difference would it make to the candidate what color the room was? >> because in certain conditions, certain colors work for certain candidates. >> because mondale was shorter than reagan -- >> we wanted more distance between the two podiums. we debated between 7 1/2 feet and 9 feet for a day and a half. >> the first debate came, and reagan struggled. >> 2/3 of the defense budget pays for pay and salary -- or pay and passengers. >> he looke
. >> commerce? commerce. and let's see -- >> rick perry was a serious contender until this debate. >> oops. >> forgetting is bad, and looking bad is bad. in the very first tv debate, richard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon later said -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers....
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. >>> mitt romney is about to speak before the hispanic chamber of commerce in l.a. it's his latest attempt to tap into an estimated 12 million latino voters expected to turn out in the election. the romney team hit the road this morning around the same time a less than flattering politico story hit the presses. they asked where is the bain capital romney touted so much on the trail? the romney camp calls it silly process stuff. here at "the cycle" we call it perfect fodder for the spin, right? >> yes. >> first, kudos to politico, because this campaign is notoriously hard to access if you're a journalist not named fox news. politico brought us the most comprehensive look inside the inner workings of the north end, which i preached, even though it was painful to read as a conservative. second, i have a message for my conservative colleagues who seem to be engaging in this circular firing squad. calm down. let's chill out a little bit. this is not the end of the party as we know it. we will not be shutting down the party if romney does not win. and a couple bad weeks o
. >>> mitt romney is about to speak before the hispanic chamber of commerce in l.a. it's his latest attempt to tap into an estimated 12 million latino voters expected to turn out in the election. the romney team hit the road this morning around the same time a less than flattering politico story hit the presses. they asked where is the bain capital romney touted so much on the trail? the romney camp calls it silly process stuff. here at "the cycle" we call it perfect fodder...
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. >> commerce, education and-- um-- the um-- um-- >> okay, libya. president obama supported-- the uprising, correct? >> president obama wants to-- once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob! >> oops. >> jon: oh, right. that concludes our segment "mitt romney is the s.e.c.-luckiest dude on the planet." welcome back! my guest tonight is the reigning king of jordan. welcome back to the program king abdullaabdull abdullah ii. (cheers and applause) thank you so much for being here again. i just wanted to let you know as an emissary of the united states our president, i know, was scheduled to meet with you today. (laughter) he was not doing a stupid t.v. show. (laughter) he was very busy with strategic-- meetings. (laughter) whoopi goldbergstan, i believe it is. >> i heard. >> jon: that the talk of-- you were at the u.n. today. does anyone-- is there any discussion amongst world leaders about the american president not being available for face-to-face meetings? is that not a-- is that upsetting? >> not that i heard, no. i think
. >> commerce, education and-- um-- the um-- um-- >> okay, libya. president obama supported-- the uprising, correct? >> president obama wants to-- once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob! >> oops. >> jon: oh, right. that concludes our segment "mitt romney is the s.e.c.-luckiest dude on the planet." welcome back! my guest tonight is the reigning king of jordan. welcome back to the program king abdullaabdull abdullah ii....
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. >> commerce, education and-- um-- the um-- um-- >> okay, libya. president obama supported-- the uprising, correct? >> president obama wants to-- once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob! >> oops. >> jon: oh, right. that concludes our segment "mitt romney is the s.e.c.-luckiest dude on the planet." ears are weird. i don't know what shape that is .. but it's not round. so why would headphones be round? they should be shaped like this.. 'earshaped'. you know .. so they fit in your ears. [ male announcer ] navigating your future can be daunting without a financial plan. at pacific life, we can give you the tools to help you achieve financial independence. for more than 140 years, pacific life has assisted families and businesses in meeting their goals, even in uncertain economic times. let us help protect the things that you work so hard for. to find out how, visit pacificlife.com. ♪ >> stephen: my guest tonights the 42nd president of the united states. the annual initiative quicks off this thursday, please welcome back
. >> commerce, education and-- um-- the um-- um-- >> okay, libya. president obama supported-- the uprising, correct? >> president obama wants to-- once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob! >> oops. >> jon: oh, right. that concludes our segment "mitt romney is the s.e.c.-luckiest dude on the planet." ears are weird. i don't know what shape that is .. but it's not round. so why would headphones be round? they should be shaped...
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the candidate is in los angeles today to address the hispanic chamber of commerce and sit down with telemundo while president obama arrived in cincinnati, his 12th visit to ohio. his home away interest home. >>> and live from new york, "snl" inaugurates a new president obama. ♪ i so in love with you >> that was fun, right? so, do you want that or this. ♪ eieio >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. with 50 days to go team obama is monitoring an explosive situation across the arab world, while the romney campaign is coping with questions about its internal management today. and whether a team that the candidate is loyal to, can now help him unseat an incumbent president. joining me for our daily fix, chris alyssa, msnbc contributor and mark halperin, senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc. welcome both. chris, 50 days to go, we've got a very close race despite, you know, some advantage for president obama in battleground states. is this the time for the romney team to be doing sort of a postmortem almost as if they've already lost this race? >> i'll give you an unchar
the candidate is in los angeles today to address the hispanic chamber of commerce and sit down with telemundo while president obama arrived in cincinnati, his 12th visit to ohio. his home away interest home. >>> and live from new york, "snl" inaugurates a new president obama. ♪ i so in love with you >> that was fun, right? so, do you want that or this. ♪ eieio >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. with 50 days to go team obama is monitoring...
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romney has not done that and he -- well, he is speaking to the hispanic chamber of commerce today. that's part of his effort to try to build a larger -- >> when we come back, we will go to the foreign policy, how the obama white house is handling that. >>> we asked our monday trivia question, like the monday "new york times" cross word, the easy one, which state is the birth play of the most u.s. presidents? of course, virginia, leads the way with eight presidents. washington, jefferson, madison, monroe, harrison, tyler, taylor and then, of course, only one in the 20th century, woodrow do you have a trivia question we should use? e-mail us. we'll be right back. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergi
romney has not done that and he -- well, he is speaking to the hispanic chamber of commerce today. that's part of his effort to try to build a larger -- >> when we come back, we will go to the foreign policy, how the obama white house is handling that. >>> we asked our monday trivia question, like the monday "new york times" cross word, the easy one, which state is the birth play of the most u.s. presidents? of course, virginia, leads the way with eight presidents....
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gets pulled back, corporation aetna, $7.8 million they gave to american action network in chamber of commerce. and no one was suppod to see that. that's an indication of the dark money going through this cycle. >> when the curtain gets pulled back sometimes you see a very unattractive naked person. >>> still "outfront" tonight, it's been weeks since an american ambassador was killed. who are officials focusing on? was has there been no arrest? our arwa damon investigates. >>> and a new milestone for apple tonight. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days,
gets pulled back, corporation aetna, $7.8 million they gave to american action network in chamber of commerce. and no one was suppod to see that. that's an indication of the dark money going through this cycle. >> when the curtain gets pulled back sometimes you see a very unattractive naked person. >>> still "outfront" tonight, it's been weeks since an american ambassador was killed. who are officials focusing on? was has there been no arrest? our arwa damon...
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romney had one event, a speech to the hispanic chamber of commerce in california. that was it. on tuesday, his two events were both fund-raisers. they were closed to the public and those were in the great swing state of utah, followed by the great swing state of texas. okay, this is not what it looks like to campaign for president. these are not swing states. republican senator lindsey graham told reporters of mitt romney today, "he's a great guy, he should win this election, but being in utah is necessary to raise money, but he doesn't have to be there, in my view." senator graham continued, "i think what romney needs to do is get into virginia and run for sheriff. this is not rocket science." real clear politics covered mr. romney's mysteriously light schedule yesterday. they quoted a well-connected republican fund-raiser saying, "there's not really a campaign here. he's getting ready for the debates and he's out fund-raising. you've got enough money." real clear politics also notes that in the 19 days following the conclusion of the republican convention, mr. romney spent on
romney had one event, a speech to the hispanic chamber of commerce in california. that was it. on tuesday, his two events were both fund-raisers. they were closed to the public and those were in the great swing state of utah, followed by the great swing state of texas. okay, this is not what it looks like to campaign for president. these are not swing states. republican senator lindsey graham told reporters of mitt romney today, "he's a great guy, he should win this election, but being in...
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. >> i would do away with education, the -- commerce -- commerce -- and let's see -- i can't. the third one, i can't, sorry. oops. >> that's okay. governor. the book says that perry went virtually sleepless during much of his campaign which of course as you probably remember ended early in 2012. mitt romney making for a pricey event last night in l.a. about 1500 tickets were sold, ranging from $1,000, to $50,000. comedian dennis miller, producer david foster and actor gary sinese among the attendees. and you remember joe biden's great pumpkin we showed to you? a the giant squash got some first-class treatment. he it flown back to his home in d.c. in time for halloween. and who says the fourth estate ain't funky? remember this clip? that's "meet the press" moderator david gregory in the back along with al and safny and it looked like nat any more rals. showing off some moves. it doesn't end there, folks. the show also posted a picture on twitter about our man, david gregory doing a little preshow dance warmup in the studio this morning. check out the fist pump. check that out.
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hispanic chamber of commerce. the president has not just a commanding lead with latino voters but winning three out of four of the female vote along latinos. romney's problems begin with immigration but they don't end there, do they? >> no. he also doesn't talk about health care. when you talk about small business, small business purveyors are among them are latinos. when he spoke to the chamber and said he didn't believe in health care and the dream act and he went down the line. small business are the ones that are going to be taking advantage of a lot of the health care that obama was able to champion earlier. but then he also has this whole issue of immigration. he talked about dreamers but he talked about the dreamers as if only they should be eligible only if they're serving in the military. a large portion of folks believe that kids that are valedictorians should get a shot at the american dream. his etch-a-sketch plan is not working. >> to this point, steve, i'd like you to listen to an answer he gave mitt
hispanic chamber of commerce. the president has not just a commanding lead with latino voters but winning three out of four of the female vote along latinos. romney's problems begin with immigration but they don't end there, do they? >> no. he also doesn't talk about health care. when you talk about small business, small business purveyors are among them are latinos. when he spoke to the chamber and said he didn't believe in health care and the dream act and he went down the line. small...
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contrast to what he says is lack from the president, mitt romney promised the 33rd hispanic chamber of commerce convention in los angeles he would end what he called the obama administration hos silty toward small business. >> national unemployment is 8.1%. hispanic unemployment is over 10%. over 2 million more hispanics are living in post officeerty y than when obama took office. >> he told the business group he would reform immigration policy. unlike the president who promised he would make it a priority. >> the president never offered up a bill. like so many issues confronting our nation, when it comes to immigration, politics have been put ahead of people for far too long. >> team romney argues re-electing the president means four more years of chaos overseas and domestic decline. paul ripe helped dueling iowa cam pape events. ripe delivered entitlement reform speech to the aarp later this week. >> romney is adding new policy adds and selling details and specifics in the plan more now. >> reducing the federal employment by 10% through attrition, combining agencies and departments, to reduce
contrast to what he says is lack from the president, mitt romney promised the 33rd hispanic chamber of commerce convention in los angeles he would end what he called the obama administration hos silty toward small business. >> national unemployment is 8.1%. hispanic unemployment is over 10%. over 2 million more hispanics are living in post officeerty y than when obama took office. >> he told the business group he would reform immigration policy. unlike the president who promised he...
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that's rampant in athens, and that's got toe -- actually, i have a sou soundbyte from the chamber of commerce about this. >> the rich are not getting richer. the tax measures that have been implemented over the last three years have hit all social classes, including the upper to middle class here in greece. we've seen property taxes that have been increased immensely. business taxation, unfortunately, is running at the moment at approximately 50% when you add the business tax, the dividend tax, including all the extraordinary taxation measures that have been implemented over the last two and a half years. so there isn't so much inequality as far as that side is concerned. >> yeah. and, you know, when we talk about greece, which is, you know, really a small part of the european union in a financial sense, tomorrow the spanish are handing down their budget. spain is a huge deal. they are at the epicenter of european financial crisis. you know, if they need money, you know, this is the contagion that could condition. >> it all has -- eventually it spills over to the united states and the financi
that's rampant in athens, and that's got toe -- actually, i have a sou soundbyte from the chamber of commerce about this. >> the rich are not getting richer. the tax measures that have been implemented over the last three years have hit all social classes, including the upper to middle class here in greece. we've seen property taxes that have been increased immensely. business taxation, unfortunately, is running at the moment at approximately 50% when you add the business tax, the...
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is what we really want to have happen and that good influence of the united states really we prefer commerce over conflict and if we can continue to promote that around the world the world is going to be a better place. we have to be there for that to happen. i wouldn't run away from the money right away and say we are going to punish you immediately but we are going to condition it and if you don't do what you we ask you to do we will take the money aweigh. it is in our best interest to do it. >> chris: thank you so much for bringing us up to date on the investigation of the deadly attack in libya and the whole rest of the situation in the middle east. thank you. >> thanks, chris, appreciate it. >> chris: coming up what happens now to the president's middle east policy. we will bring our sunday group into the conversation, when we come right back. >>> i have come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world. one based on mutual interest and mutual respect. and one based upon the truth that america and islam are not exclusive and need not be in
is what we really want to have happen and that good influence of the united states really we prefer commerce over conflict and if we can continue to promote that around the world the world is going to be a better place. we have to be there for that to happen. i wouldn't run away from the money right away and say we are going to punish you immediately but we are going to condition it and if you don't do what you we ask you to do we will take the money aweigh. it is in our best interest to do it....
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hispanic chamber of commerce. jim, today it looks like romney is reaching out to latino voters. >> reporter: that's right, joe. he's doing just that. but he's also according to his campaign unveiling some of the details of his economic plan. just as voters are starting to pay attention to this election. but there are new distractions out there. namely a campaign blame game that does not go over well 50 days before an election. after a week of gop handwringing over his response to violence in the middle east, mitt romney is rebooting his message, returning to the issue that has driven his campaign from the beginning. the economy. >> it's time for a president who's committed to cutting spending and balancing the budget. and i know how to do that. we balanced the bajt budget in my company and in the olympics. >> reporter: in a speech to the hispanic chamber of commerce, he offered remedies to the deficit he rarely talks about. the retooled approach is backed up with plain language in new ads. >> got to balance the bu
hispanic chamber of commerce. jim, today it looks like romney is reaching out to latino voters. >> reporter: that's right, joe. he's doing just that. but he's also according to his campaign unveiling some of the details of his economic plan. just as voters are starting to pay attention to this election. but there are new distractions out there. namely a campaign blame game that does not go over well 50 days before an election. after a week of gop handwringing over his response to violence...
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he is seizing on new economic data showing the commerce department revised down from 1.7% to 1.3%. >> this is not just one quarter. this has been going on now for years. china is growing much faster than we, our economy needs to be reinvigorated. >> not all the numbers paint a gloomy picture. the labor department announced it undercounted nearly 400,000 jobs in 2011, meaning a 4.4 million jobs have been created since the president's inauguration. slightly more than the number lost in that same period. but the president said there's still more work to do. >> we're not where we need to be, not yet. we've got a lot more folks who have to get back to work. we've got a lot more work to do to make the middle class secure, again. but the question is, whose plan is better for you? >> obama win a republican-leaning virginia, could deal romney a crushing blow. the president won here four years ago, becoming the first democrat to do so since lyndon johnson. in this state, the military vote is not the only game in town. football fans are everywhere. it's no surprise a reporter asked romney about
he is seizing on new economic data showing the commerce department revised down from 1.7% to 1.3%. >> this is not just one quarter. this has been going on now for years. china is growing much faster than we, our economy needs to be reinvigorated. >> not all the numbers paint a gloomy picture. the labor department announced it undercounted nearly 400,000 jobs in 2011, meaning a 4.4 million jobs have been created since the president's inauguration. slightly more than the number lost...
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paul ryan, mitt romney's running mate in 2010 at the chamber of commerce said this about the cayman islands. let's hear it. >> we don't want to have a situation where we're penalizing businesses for keeping their money, their capital and headquarters and manufacturing facilities in america. so then rather than having ireland and the kay maine islands be the place you hide your money, why don't we make it america? >> ryan is making part of a larger argument bringing money back to the u.s., but the place you hide your money, the cayman islands, the place mitt romney hides his money, setting aside the tax rate question, the loaded words, swiss bank accounts, cayman islands, and mitt romney all in one sentence together. >> it's hard to know where to start here. we actually know a lot about romney's money and where he puts it for tax purposes. and what we know about that is he puts it in places where people go to cheat. where they go to hide their money for tax purposes, swiss bank accounts, cayman islands, luxembourg one of the most notorious tax avens. we know why he's not releasing his tax re
paul ryan, mitt romney's running mate in 2010 at the chamber of commerce said this about the cayman islands. let's hear it. >> we don't want to have a situation where we're penalizing businesses for keeping their money, their capital and headquarters and manufacturing facilities in america. so then rather than having ireland and the kay maine islands be the place you hide your money, why don't we make it america? >> ryan is making part of a larger argument bringing money back to the...
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the commerce clause is not what it was. congress does not have a blank check to write any law on any subject. but as for the supreme court itself, roberts has now established himself as a figure above politics. so as next year he comes to deal with the issue of affirmative action, very likely ending the practice of racial considerations in admissions at the university of texas, he will be able to issue opinions and people won't say, oh, he's just a republican hack. he has a moral and political authority now that is really well beyond what any chief justice has had in a long time. >> so what you're saying is this decision on obama care as it's called was a strategic decision looking down the road when he makes some other controversial decisions if he's that 5-4 swing vote let's say. >> absolutely. it was a decision where he undoubtedly believed what he wrote, that this was a legitimate proof use of the taxing power. but it was also a decision about his role as chief justice. and how he sees the court. he didn't want another
the commerce clause is not what it was. congress does not have a blank check to write any law on any subject. but as for the supreme court itself, roberts has now established himself as a figure above politics. so as next year he comes to deal with the issue of affirmative action, very likely ending the practice of racial considerations in admissions at the university of texas, he will be able to issue opinions and people won't say, oh, he's just a republican hack. he has a moral and political...
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. >> well, you remember the core of the argument was about does the commerce clause of article one of the constitution permit congress to pass a law that has an individual mandate, a requirement that people buy health insurance. the conservatives have argued for the duration of the litigation that, no, congress doesn't have that power. it is unconstitutional. roberts was sympathetic to that argument, but he wanted to find a way to uphold the law so the court would not be in the center of the political campaign. so he found this secondary reason, the taxing power, that the -- the individual mandate was sustainable as a tax by congress. it is an argument that not a lot of people found terribly persuasive, but the four liberals joined with him so you had this very odd pairing of the chief justice, very conservative with the four liberal members of the court, and it not only saved the obama care law, but it kept the court out of the political fray and i think that was an important goal of chief justice roberts. >> okay. and you obviously write so much about citizens united. just quickly,
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commerce department releases new numbers for august home sales. analysts are expecting sales to increase by 380,000 homes. that's up from july when sales increased by 372,000 homes. so should we all be dancing in the streets? our business guru christine romans is here to tell us. hi, kristine. >> good morning, carol. so nice to put one or two or three months of good housing news back to back and report it to you. at 10:00 we'll get the new home sales, and you just give the forecasts. why new home sales are so important because a new house means construction workers, it means people pouring concrete, truck drivers. it means people making the windows and the material to go into it, and then it means couches and carpeting and all of the things that come with buying the furnishings for a new home. so every new home is a little economic driver incredibly important. existing homes, the used homes we buy and sell, that's the bulk of all home sales, those have been showing signs of life, too, carol. for three months in a row, the prices of existing homes
commerce department releases new numbers for august home sales. analysts are expecting sales to increase by 380,000 homes. that's up from july when sales increased by 372,000 homes. so should we all be dancing in the streets? our business guru christine romans is here to tell us. hi, kristine. >> good morning, carol. so nice to put one or two or three months of good housing news back to back and report it to you. at 10:00 we'll get the new home sales, and you just give the forecasts. why...